US Open 2015: Ladies singles round 1 preview
This year's fourth and last Grand Slam US Open is going to take place in the city of New York from August 31st to September 13th2015. This will be the 135th edition of the US Open and will be held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park of Queens in New York City.Marin Cilic will be out to defend his 2014 US Open Men's singles title whereas Serena Williams will be looking to equal Steffi Graf’s record of 22 career Grand Slams and her 4th consecutive US Open Ladies single title, and her 7th US Open overall.She will also complete her calendar Grand Slam after having won this year’s Australian Open, French Open and the Wimbledon ladies single titles and will be the first ladies player to do so since 1988.The US Open total prize money for 2015 was increased by 10.5 percent to a record $42,253,400, which potentially could reach almost 45 million dollars. The prize money for the singles title is to be around $3,300,000, both for ladies and gentlemen singles. Let us have a look at some of the important matches in the first round of the Ladies Singles:
#1 Serena Williams (1) vs Vitalia Diatchenko
All eyes will be on the 21-time Grand Slam winner and 6-time US Open winner Serena Williams to open her account in style against the unseeded Russian Vitalia Diatchenko.
However, it may be a tricky start for the American as it will her first professional match against the Russian counterpart. The Russian may come as a surprise to the American and will be hopeful of a round 1 upset.
Serena on the other hand will be looking win her 4th US Open title in as many years and her 7th overall.
WTA Rankings
Serena Williams: 1 (12721 points)
Vitalia Diatchenko: 86 (680 points)
Prediction: Serena to go through the second round with a comfortable straight sets win